Cabinet



W. RIMKE CABINET Filed Dec. 27, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 26 1926.

Jan. 26 1926.

W. RIMKE CABINET Filed Dec. 27, 1922 3 Sheets-Sneet 2 WITNESSu-aATTORNEY W. RIMKE Jan. 26 1926. I

3 Sheets-Sheet 3 m 2 v m 0 7 O 4 a v q, 1 W 4 My m 4 a 2 4 4? z 4 Z v..y W 9 5 4 7 a Q J I a m w Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM RIMKE, OF BERWYN, ILLINOIS.

CABINET.

Application filed December 27, 1922.

T all whom itmag/ concern:

Be it known that I, l ViLLIAM RIMKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Berwyn, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my said invention is the provision of a cabinet designedto house articles or devices of various kinds and embodying such aconstruction that panels thereof may be expeditiously and easily changedfor educational purposes and also to suit the taste of prospectivepurchasers of the cabinet.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cabinet embodyingimproved means to support the cover thereof.

Another object is the provision of a cabinet embodying improved meansfor retaining a receptacle or carrier slidably intro duced into thecabinet.

Another object is the provision in a cabinet of doors so constructedthat ornamental panels or educational panels of various kinds may bereadily placed in and removed from the doors i To the attainment of theforegoing, the invention consists in the. improvement as hereinafterdescribedand definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specificationz-Figure 1 is a view showing my novel cabinet complete and ready for use.

Figure 2 is a view of the main frame of the cabinet with all removableparts disassociated therefrom.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the said main frame.

Figure 4 is a vertical section of the main frame taken in the planeindicated by the line 44; of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section of the main frame taken in the planeindicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure (5 is a vertical section of the main frame taken in the planeindicated by the line 6-6 of Figure 3,i. e., at right angles to Figure4. v

Figure 7 is a vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line77 of Figure3 and showing the side panels of the cabinet as properlyarranged in the main frame and also showing the cap pieces in position.

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the main Serial No. 609,264.

frame of the cabinet with the cap pieces properly positioned.

Figure 9 is a detail View utility of the cover support.

Figures 10 to 13 are views illustrative of the construction of the frontdoors of the cabinet; Figures 11 and 12 being sections taken on thelines 11-l1, and 12-42, respectively, of Figure 10.

Figure 1 is a detail perspective showinga portion of the member 17.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel cabinet comprises a main frame, Figures 2to 6.

Included in the said main frame are corner spacedinwardly from the siderails 9 as shown. The cap pieces 7 areslotted asdesignated by 13, andthe said slots are provided with offsets 14 and are arranged coincidentwith the grooves 2 and 6 and the spaces between the outer rails 9- an'dthe inner rails 11. c The main frame also includes spaced cross-bars 15located adjacent to the front of the cabinet, and guide rails 16.Drawers obviously may be arranged between and above the cross pieces 15and supported on the rails 16. For the purpose of preventing casualdisplacement of the upper drawer or receptacle I provide a retainer madeup of a crown bar 17 and depending legs 18, the said legs 18 havingvertical tongues 19 to take'into vertical grooves 20 provided at theinner sides of the side walls of the main frame adjacent to the frontand the upper end thereof. This construction is shown in Figures 3, 6and 14, by reference to which it will be apparent that each leg 18 isadapted to rest at its lower end on a rail 16, and that each tongue 19is at the outer side of its respective leg 18 and is removably arrangedin a groove 20. Manifestly when the retainer described is dropped asstated illustrating the into engagement with the main frame the saidretainer will serve effectively in preventing displacement or Withdrawalof the drawer on the upper guides 16.

Removably arranged in the sides of the main frame are panes oftransparent glass 21, and panels 22, the said panels 22 being arrangedback of the panes of glass and being provided with loops or hand grasps23 at their upper ends. The said panels are adapted to be expeditiouslyand easily removed upwardly through the slots 13, the offsets of theslots enabling a person to readily grasp the loops or hand grasps at theupper ends of the panels. It will also be noted that fresh panels may,when occasion demands, be lowered through the slots 18 to positions inthe main frame back of the panes of glass. For the closure of the saidslots 13 I provide removable caps SOhaving offset portions and adaptedto be snugly arranged in the slots 13 and the offsets 14 thereof. On thecaps are finger pieces 3.1 through the medium of which the caps may beexpeditiously and easily removed and as readily replaced in the slots 13and the offsets 14 of the slots.

My invention contemplates the provision of panels 22 hearing picturesand ornamental designs of various kinds, and in virtue of theconstruction described it will be manifest that when one panel does notmeet with the approval of a prospective purchaser of the cabinet, anynumber of panels may be placed in the cabinet until the cabinet isequipped with panels suitable to the taste of the purchaser. Itwill-also be noted thatthe panels may when desired be provided witheducational matter on their faces in which event the cabinet may be usedto advantage in school rooms, a set of panels being provided inconnection with each cabinet, and the panels being changed wheneverdeemed desirable. In addition to the main :frame and the appurtenancesthus far described in detail the cabinet comprises a cover 10 hingedlyconnected at 41 to the back portion of the top of the main frame, and acover support 42. The said support 42 is pivotally connected at 43 tothe cover 40, Figural) and is notched as designated by 14 to engage apin 45, bridging a slot 43 in a horizontal portion of a bracket 43*fixed to the cap piece 7. Manifestly the cover lOthrough the medium ofthe support 12 may be maintained at various angles ofinclination and mayalso be maintained in a position at right angles to the top of themainframe, Figure 9 the latter in order to prevent the top frominterfering with the removal and placing of panels in the sides of themain frame after the manner before described. It will also be noted thatwhen the cover is maintained in an upright position at right angles tothe top of the main frame, the toe 42* of the support 12 is adapted tobring up against the underside of the horizontal portion of bracket 13*and thereby prevent the cover from swinging backwardly an appeciabledistance beyond the upright position of the cover.

In the present and preferred embodiment of my invention the cabinet isprovided with three doors 50, 51 and 52. I would have it understood,however, that within the purview of my invention the cabinet may haveone, two or more doors. Each of the doors alluded to comprises a frame53 with a front opening 5 1: and a top opening l lach door alsocomprises a pane of transparent glas 513 and a removable panel 57 backof the glass 56 and rovided with a hand grasp 58 at its upper end. Thetop opening of the door is provided with an offset portion asillustrated and is designed to be normally closed by a cap 60, the saidcap 60 being removably arranged in the said top opening 55 and beingprovided with a recess 61 for the reception of the fingers of anoperator when it is desired to remove the cap. The panel 57 is designedto bear a picture or ornamental design or educational matter, and theinvention contemplates the provision of a number of panels withdifferent subjects thereon in connection with each door so that aprospective purchaser may be readily satisfied and so that when thecabinet is employed in the school various educational panels may be usedin succession in the door.

Notwithstanding the practical advantages ascribed to my cabinet peculiarin the respects described, it will be readily apparent that the cabinetis simple and inexpensive in construction and is free of delicate partssuch as are likely to get out of order after a short period of use.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exactunderstanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to the specific construction and relativearrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the inventionvarious changes and modifications may be made such as fall within thescope of my invention as defined in my appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is

1. A cabinet having means to receive and frame and display a panel, incombination with a panel disposed in said means and readily removabletherefrom; the said means having an opening in its top for the insertionand removal of a panel, and being equipped with a removable cap arrangedin said top opening and also arranged horizontally flush with the top ofsaid means, and the said panel having a hand grasp at its upper end, andthe said top opening and cap being provided with lateral offsetportions.

2. {lhe combination in a cabinet, of a main frame having uprightportions arranged to receive and hold and display removable panels, saidportions being open at their top, in combination with panels removablyarranged in said portions, and caps removably arranged in said topopenings and disposed horizontally flush with the top of the frame, saidpanels being provided with hand grasps at their upper ends, and the saidtop openings and removable caps being provided with lateral offsetportions to facilitate grasping of the said hand grasps.

3. A cabinet door adapted to receive and hold and display a panel andhaving a top wpening, in combination with a panel removably arranged inthe door and removable through said top opening, and a cap occupying andclosing said top opening and arranged horizontally flush with the upperend of the door, the said panel having a hand grasp at its upper end,and the said top opening and cap being provided with lateral offsetportions. 7

4. In a cabinet, the combination with a main frame having interiorguides to support a receptacle removable through the front of the frame,of a retainer removabl arranged horizontally flush with the top of theframe and having pendent portions arranged to rest in front of saidreceptacle and also having the said pendent portions keyed to the mainframe whereby the retainer can be removed only by upward movementthereof relative to the main frame.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature.

WILLIAM RIMKE.

